Abstract Device-to-device (D2D) communication improves spectrum efficiency (SE) and
increases system capacity. Heterogeneous networks comprise macrocell and several small …

Underlay device-to-device (D2D) communication is an attractive technology enabling
nearby cellular users to communicate with each other directly in order to increase data rate …

In the 5th generation (5G) of cellular networks, users can directly communicate together
without the need for macrocell base station (MBS) which is referred to as device-to-device …

The device-to-device (D2D) communication is one of the technologies proposed for the fifth
generation (5G) of wireless networks, which enables the direct data transmission between …

Due to spectrum sharing, device-to-device (D2D) communications underlaying cellular
networks enhance system capacity significantly that benefits services of local area. On the …

Device-to-device (D2D) communication is one of the emerging paradigms in 5G networks to
facilitate ever-increasing demands for local area services. For content delivery, direct …

In long term evolution advanced (LTE-A) networks, the mobile devices can concurrently
participate in cooperative outband device-to-device (D2D) data exchange by virtue of user …

The application of device-to-device (D2D) communication in cellular networks can
significantly improve the efficiency of spectrum utilization, which benefits local area …

Device-to-device (D2D) communication underlaying cellular networks enhances system
capacity through using spectrum resources of idle cellular users, which at the same time can …

Device-to-device (D2D) communication, which enables direct transmissions between mobile
devices to improve spectrum efficiency, is one of the preferable candidate technologies for …